The three words any professional athlete never wants to hear: "career-threatening injury."

But when Rams wide receiver Brian Quick went down with an injury on Oct. 26, 2014 against the Kansas City Chiefs, the training staff had those thoughts.

"We literally had to support his arm," Rams head athletic trainer Reggie Scott said, via the team website. "I've never seen anything like it. Basically you have four rotator cuff muscles in the shoulder and he tore three out of the four.